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Showing 171180 of 4389 articles for Art. 23 January 2001

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: French investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L532-23

…of investment firms, the draft referred to in I and the information provided for in Article L. 533-23 ensuring the protection of the branch's clients shall be forwarded, within three months of receip…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Background files

Article 230-8

…be consulted as part of the administrative investigations provided for in Articles L. 114-1 and L. 234-1 to L. 234-3 of the Internal Security Code and the article 17-1 of Law no. 95-73 of 21 January…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Powers and penalties

Article R782-23

…53 of 9 August 2017R. 621-31No. 2022-110 of 1 February 2022R. 621-32 and R. 621-33n° 2012-100 of 26 January 2012R. 621-34n° 2018-572 of 3 July 2018R. 621-35n° 2014-498 of 16 May 2014R. 621-35-1 to R.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Powers and penalties

Article R783-23

…53 of 9 August 2017R. 621-31No. 2022-110 of 1 February 2022R. 621-32 and R. 621-33n° 2012-100 of 26 January 2012R. 621-34n° 2018-572 of 3 July 2018R. 621-35n° 2014-498 of 16 May 2014R. 621-35-1 to R.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to the import and export of elements or products of the human body mentioned in article R. 1245-1 from or to countries outside the European Union and the European Economic Area and intended for the manufacture of medicinal products

Article R1245-23

…oned in Annex III of Commission Directive (EU) 2015/566 of 8 April 2015 implementing Directive 2004/23/EC as regards procedures for verifying equivalent quality and safety standards for imported tissu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Financial provisions.

Article L5214-23

…rity mentioned in article L. 5212-24, the communal share under the conditions set out in article L. 2333-2 in place of municipalities whose population as recorded by the Institut national de la statis…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Miscellaneous taxes

Article 231 quater

…authorisation for temporary occupation of the public domain constituting a right in rem who, on 1st January of the year of taxation, has a taxable premises.III.-The tax is due:1° For office premises,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IIa: Annual tax on office premises, commercial premises, storage premises and parking areas levied in the Ile-de-France region

Article 231 ter

…authorisation for temporary occupation of the public domain constituting a right in rem who, on 1st January of the tax year, has a taxable premises.III. - The tax is due:1° For office premises, which…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VIII bis: Exemption for capital gains realised on the sale of a sole proprietorship or a complete branch of activity

Article 238 quindecies

…articles 210 A to 210 C.IX. - The provisions of this article apply to transfers made on or after 1 January 2006.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Accounting obligations applicable to all traders.

Article L123-23

Regularly kept accounting records may be admitted in court as evidence between traders of commercial transactions. If they have been irregularly kept, they may not be invoked by the author for his own…

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